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Author Topic: Widescreen Weekend 2008 (UK) Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 03-09-2008 09:51 AM                        I hereby claim the prize for the first WW '08 pics to appear on Film-Tech... Yours Truly and Paul Rayton... Brian Guckian. The Sand Pebbles looked great, though I do wish Candice Bergen would consider washing her hair every now and again. It seemed to get greasier and greasier with every passing shot, so much so that by the end of the film I was less interested in Steve McQueen's heroic sacrifice than wanting to force her into the nearest shower at gunpoint!  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 03-10-2008 09:57 AM                     Just come off the motorway in North London; should be home in about a hour and a half. An intresting time in Bradford this year, saw 'Windjammer' for the first time, also my first experience of Kinopanorama, and 70mm (2001) on the curved screen. Couldn't get a ticket to 'Hamlet', but I have seen it before. As I said before, I was unimpressed with the digital 'The Great Escape'; somebody told me that 'Blade Runner' was much better, but I didn't see that, I was just too tired last night. I brief clip of something, I don't know what it was, was shown in digital on the curved screen yesterday morning; Darren, if you happen to be reading this, what was it? It looked a lot better than 'The Great Escape' did. Was it intended for curved screens? Can the Christie be set up to compensate for the curvature?  |  IP: Logged Ben Wales Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 602 From: Southampton. England Registered: Jul 99 posted 03-12-2008 05:11 AM                     [QUOTE] It looked a lot better than 'The Great Escape' did. E] I belive it was scanned from the best available 35mm release Prints and not Restored as it made out to be - just some of the concerns you find with D-Cinema, not everthing is a good as it is made out to be with it!. The screening of "Blade Runner" looked ok on the Flat screen and it was a near sell out for that one. My favourite Higlights for this year was "The Sand Pebbles" and "Brainstorm" in 70mm on the curve. The most odd film was "Honeymoon" that started out as a Travelogue and ended in a most strange Ballet film with a poor ending that made no sense . Good to meet up with some fellow Film-Tech members at Bradford and while I was at Bradford I covered 600 miles from Home and visited 3 Home Cinemas, with 2 with 70mm Projection while I was on my travels.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Hauerslev Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Copenhagen, Denmark Registered: Aug 2000 posted 03-12-2008 06:30 AM                        Audience on Stage picture(s) And Duncan's speach for Bill More images in the days to come - took close to 500 images!  |  IP: Logged Brian Guckian Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 594 From: Dublin, Ireland Registered: Apr 2003 posted 03-14-2008 06:13 PM                     Been busy since I got back - a BIG thank you Thomas for a marvellous event - it just gets better and better and was most educational. Always something new to learn, and great to see everyone there. Incredible print of Star!, with a fine talk by Andrew Oran from Fotokem on the work involved. Also great to hear from him of 65mm shooting by Scorsese and Bond 22. 2001 with Q&A by Jan Harlan was a highlight for me as I'm a big Kubrick fan. But lots more to enjoy and much fruitful conversations and discussions. THE place to be last weekend! Keep up the great work (Was I really that inebriated!)  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 03-16-2008 06:06 AM                     quote: Ben Wales I belive it was scanned from the best available 35mm release Prints and not Restored as it made out to be So what was the point in that? Presumably better, and more suitable, elements exist, so the whole expensive transfer process will have to be done again. Why not show the best available release prints now, and do the digital transfer properly in the first place? There is a finite amount of money available to make digital transfers, a finite amount of equipment exists, and there are a finite number of people with the necessary skills to do the work. This exercise was simply a waste of all three. Did you notice the 'hair in the gate' at one point?  |  IP: Logged Thomas Hauerslev Master Film Handler Posts: 451 From: Copenhagen, Denmark Registered: Aug 2000 posted 03-18-2008 03:58 AM                        Pictures Captions to follow in a few days  |  IP: Logged

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